# Enclave - Local AI Assistant

> Anonymous, Offline, Private AI

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6476614556](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6476614556)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6476614556`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Piotr Gorzelany
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (1,061 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.75.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2024-01-30
- **Size:** 714 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/enclave-local-ai-assistant/id6476614556)
- **Website:** [https://enclaveai.app](https://enclaveai.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://enclaveai.app/privacy-policy](https://enclaveai.app/privacy-policy)

## Description

Enclave AI runs entirely on your iPhone, delivering private, on-device conversations with hundreds of open-source models. No account, no cloud, and no data leaves your device by design. You control your data with local chats and local history.

Key features include running popular models like Meta Llama, DeepSeek, Gemma, Qwen, Phi, Mistral, and SmolLM on-device; optional cloud Pro for the latest cloud models; voice chat and TTS on-device; chat with documents; custom assistants; live web search for cloud models; Siri and Shortcuts integration; and robust privacy guarantees.

## Rankings

- #53,373 — Overall
- #32 — ai memory
- #42 — ai capabilities
- #51 — ai interview assistant
- #68 — ai paraphrase online
- #71 — ai summarisation

## Review summary

Enclave shines offline, with strong privacy and flexible model sourcing, and runs well on older devices. However, recurring issues reduce reliability: crashes with downloaded models, hallucinations and weak long-context handling, awkward model management, and unclear compatibility with some local models. These trade-offs are consistent across multiple reviews.

### Pros

- Excellent offline/on-device performance for conversations, usable without internet.
- Strong privacy orientation, including warnings about cloud data collection and minimal data exposure.
- Supports downloadable/custom models from Hugging Face, offering model flexibility.
- Highly efficient on mobile hardware, running well on older devices with limited RAM.

### Cons

- Crashes when loading downloaded or third-party models.
- Hallucinations and difficulty maintaining a train of thought / long-context reasoning.
- Clunky model management and settings: hard to delete models and unclear navigation for settings.
- Unclear/limited compatibility with certain local models and Hugging Face options leading to unreliable performance.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6476614556)
